Flat 'smaller than a snooker table' worth £200,000

A central London flat smaller than a snooker table has been valued at £200,000.

The flat, which measures 11ft by 5.5ft, is priced at £35,000 more than the average home in Britain. A full-size snooker table measures 12ft by 6ft.

Located close to Harrods in exclusive Knightsbridge, the apartment was converted from a broom cupboard in 1987. It was originally bought by a secretary for £36,500. Its two rooms, which measure 60.5sq ft, come with a toilet and a shower-cum-wardrobe.

Owner Ray Barker, 49, bought the flat for £120,000 four years ago, to use rather than commute home to Bath from work in London every day.

"I can do the cleaning while lying in my sofa bed. In fact, I can wash up, answer the door, make a cuppa and go to the loo all at the same time," Mr Barker told The Daily Mirror.

Estate agents Brian Lack & Co, said: "Judging by other similar flats we've sold in the much-prized area, it could easily go for £150,000 to £200,000."

The Smallest House in Great Britain, also known as the Quay House, is now a tourist attraction in Conwy, Wales. It measures 10ft by 6ft, and was lived in until 1900, by a 6ft 3in fisherman called Robert Jones.